Sigh - the people who abuse the system is making it harder for genuine professionals who want to migrate..

The address I can bluff, but the contact number? How do I go around that?

56000 AUD per annum is lower than average graduate salary man....

err, if u have to spend $4k a month on rental in places like melb...48k a year...wouldn't that be low?

correct me if i am wrong, i've seen $1k a week rental for 2 room apartments in gumtree before.

your cousin is lucky, i would say

many smart people have to leave. but if you have PR, you have a good chance of finding work. smart doesn't matter if you don't have PR... you might need to be a genius or just be really lucky (unless it is Engineering which seems to not have run out of jobs yet)

i am not sure whether want to go or not..i kena scolded by my family for allowing my PR to expire.

But since u tell me, if my pr expire i will never get a chance again...how ah?

i thinking of asking for extension but i dun hv good excuse

also i not willing to leave msia, leave my speciality of accounting work to go to aust for entry level job. so far my frens who migrated there didn't exactly get any worthwhile jobs. Total mismatch, like engineer work as coffee barista and accountant work as librarian.

my father had a near death experience last year, i managed to save his life at 11th hour when i brought him to hospital to take emergency surgery. So its matters like this that cause me to wonder what if i am away, how to take care of my parents? i

Find that quite hard to believe as a student who lives in ACT after growing up in KL and has travelled to Melbourne and Sydney, and even Perth, Brisbane, and Gold Coast years ago.

Of course I don't live in Sydney so I might not have the full picture but feel free to elaborate.
When we talk about costs like these (and ignore FX rates) we also need to account for relative salary. It's much higher in Australia. In KL a grad might get 3,000 monthly if lucky (plenty of evidence on this forum that many get below that even in what's seen as high performing industries, and Jobstreet will confirm this), which translates to 36,000 pa. Let's ignore SOCSO, EPF, and taxes for now. A Sydney or Melbourne grad can easily get 60,000 pa, sometimes 80,000 pa. We're talking service industry and not working in mines or oil fields. You may want to account for maybe 25% taxes since the starting taxes for income above AUD 18k is around 17-20% if I remember correctly. Even then it's 45,000 to 60,000.

Now I can observe (anecdotal, not fact or statistics) there are plenty of things that cost the same nominal units of money in either country. A restaurant meal (MYR 30 or AUD 30). A suit jacket. A house or apartment unit (~500k).

Now the Australian salary starts at a much higher base. Assuming equal growth, equal performance, comparable economic conditions blah blah the Australian is gonna have a much higher pay in several years' time. Who is better off?

$7 sounds cheap for fast food. Is that location highly accessible, or is that price point common, or is the portion big enough, i.e. will many people be able to enjoy $7 meals too?

$20 for a proper shirt sounds like it's been discounted quite a bit and in KL you can also get 3-shirt or 2-shirt specials all year round for quite cheap, quality stuff. Where do you shop in Malaysia? We have some of the cheapest goods around the region and it attracts so many people from Hong Kong, Singapore, Australia and New Zealand.

I worked in SG and AU before, below is an example for my rough expenses. Assuming salary is $5k

In Australia
Tax 30%++
Rental Sharing 1 room apartment/Bills ($250pw) 20%
Food (cook at home on weekday, eat out weekend) and other necessities 10%
Total: 60%

In Singapore
Tax 4%
Rental Sharing 1 room HDB/Bills ($600) 12%
Food(eat out everyday) 10%
Coach back to Malaysia twice per month 4%
Total: 30%


My Australia expenses excluding my flight back to Malaysia each year! So realistically, I can barely save 30$ of what I earned in Australia. Even though the currency is higher, but still I have to sacrifice of eating out, spending on entertainments and travelling around in Australia due to the higher cost.

Graduated in mid Jan and began working in a local accounting firm (with my intended division) earlier in February. The job was fine but the Malaysian style of work and pay have yet to compensate me well.

Guys,

I will be relocating from Brisbane to Canberra. Heard it is cold and quiet city. Any good info you can share about living in Canberra?

It is not tiao geh la and I didnt kao beh kao bu, just a bit lost because it is a bit too sudden..because when the hiring manager asked me if I am interested to work in Aus, I thought to just give it a try and accepted the interview because I thought I would fail and won't get the job offer, that's why I am still a bit unbelievable when I got it 

Not really. I made a shit load of applications to SG and MY companies a while back. Not one replied.

Got a lot of Australian replies though. Everyone else doesn't seem to give a shit.

Monthly or weekly rent, what the hell is the difference? If ur contract is 6 months or 12 months ur still giving up the same $ each year

if cars are cheap, the why do I see people there driving small cars? instead of BMWs?

what about financing? They don't use HP right? They go by leases? Are the instalments more hefty and discourage buyers from buying luxury cars?

that's not the point, weekly or monthly you still end up paying the same amount assuming they adjust it because not all months have the same number of weeks. in practice they may not and so monthly might represent a small benefit to the tenant.

6 mth is sometimes more expensive but not always

like i said, i nvr ask for the t&c
i read from whirlpool that there was indeed 0% interest rate for toyota but dont expect to haggle for discount of the car price.im not sure if 0% is for first 12 months or maybe more but $30k+ for 1 camry with 3% of interest still not bad. i would dump in 30% of downpayment or so and getaway with 3 or 5 years loan

and my bought bought hyundai ix35 with interest rate 2.7% if im not mistaken.

Of course get PR first before buying house. Im not sure if first home buyer scheme still available but buying a house with PR has less hassle

3 br nice(not luxury or whatever they called)apartment around Melbourne CBD normally cost around $800k. I will make sure I will not spend more than 40% of my salary on the house repayment though

Im in my early 30's, fairly settled in Malaysia with a good job and reasonably secure financially. But seeing how tis country is slowly rotting, im seriously considering migration to either Australia or Europe (Germany). Ive travelled extensively in Europe and have been seriously evaluating multiple options to facilitate migration to Germany. Australia is an easier option but i have a few concerns:

1) General economic outlook for Australia
2) Rising unemployment
3) Difficulty in securing a long term job (technical field) compared to Germany

Im open to views.

I live in a strata apt building (renting) and some ******* has parked their car in my garage (somehow bypassing the lock/remote control access). The parking spots are tied to the apartment unit (assigned).

Agent kns, parking operator won't do anything. Building management are cooperative and sincere but don't really have the power to do anything.

Any tips what I can do? Call police? Don't even know if police will help.